Create, Edit And Install Fonts For Se K800

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I started this topic because i want all SE K800 users who are interested to participate in this quest.

After i made some reading about this issue, I've descovered the following:

In order to change the fonts on SE K800i we must extract create the corect folder structure, containing the files we want to upload to the phone:

\tpa\preset\system\fonts\
FONTS.xml
Arial Narrow_Reg.ttf
Arial Narrow_Bd.ttf

Next, we have to edit the file FONTS.xml in order to indicate the path to the font files we want to use for the phone:

Original path for SE K800 extracted from FS is as follows:
\tpa\preset\system\fonts\
FONTS.xml
Sans-Serif_Europe_Reg.ttf
Sans-Serif_Europe_Bd.ttf

The original SE K800 - FONTS.xml file look like this:
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<xml>
<engine cache_size="131072" default="yes">
<font style="sans-serif" weight="normal">/tpa/preset/system/fonts/Sans-Serif_Europe_Reg.ttf</font>
</engine>

<engine cache_size="262144" default="no">
<font style="sans-serif" weight="bold" >/tpa/preset/system/fonts/Sans-Serif_Europe_Bd.ttf</font>
<font style="sans-serif" weight="italic" s01="20" >/tpa/preset/system/fonts/Sans-Serif_Europe_Reg.ttf</font>
<font style="sans-serif" weight="bold-italic" s01="20" >/tpa/preset/system/fonts/Sans-Serif_Europe_Bd.ttf</font>
</engine>
</xml>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Next, edit the content of FONTS.xml as follows:

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<xml>
<engine cache_size="131072" default="yes">
<font style="arial narrow" weight="normal">/tpa/preset/system/fonts/Arial Narrow_Reg.ttf</font>
</engine>

<engine cache_size="262144" default="no">
<font style="arial narrow" weight="bold" >/tpa/preset/system/fonts/Arial Narrow_Bd.ttf</font>
<font style="arial narrow" weight="italic" s01="20" >/tpa/preset/system/fonts/Arial Narrow_Reg.ttf</font>
<font style="arial narrow" weight="bold-italic" s01="20" >/tpa/preset/system/fonts/Arial Narrow_Bd.ttf</font>
</engine>
</xml>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

In the next step we could use SETool2Lite in order to upload the folder structure we created to the phone, after we already put it in a .rar container.
The .rar cotainer must have the following folder anf files:

\tpa\preset\system\fonts\
FONTS.xml
Arial Narrow_Reg.ttf
Arial Narrow_Bd.ttf

After we complete the operation we must test the results on the phone, in order to see if our chosen font fits the display properly. If not, we must edit the file LAYOUT.xml in order to change the size of the font.

The file LAYOUT.xml is found in the following path of the _FS.raw structure:
\TPA\SYSTEM\LAYOUT\
cale_ui_layout.xml
CallInput.xml
CallStatusInfo.xml
LAYOUT.XML

After we've done the editing, we upload the folder structure containing the file LAYOUT.xml into the phone.

WARNING!
I HAVE NOT YET TESTED THE METHOD PRESENTED HERE!
IF YOU FOLLOW IT, YOU DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!

THE QUEST:
I invite everyone who has tested "know-how" about creating, editing, modifying and installing fonts on SE K800 to participate.

If I am wrong about something presented in here, please feel free to post your opinion!
THANK YOU!

I came back again to bring to your atention the following article:

SVG and Monotype Fonts

Monotype is partnering with Ikivo (which provides mobile SVG products and players) to release a series of scalable (!) fonts for mobile devices. The ESQ® Mobile series includes 200 fonts and quite a nice selection (PDF) at that.

“Monotype Imaging’s ESQ® Mobile mobile fonts are based on the industry standard TrueType and OpenType font formats and can be licensed by developers, content creators, application providers, mobile publishers, wireless operators and handset manufacturers. Integrated with your application, content, game, service or user interface, ESQ mobile fonts allow you to differentiate your product with something powerfully simple—scalable type that’s distinctive in style.” [via UK Mobile Marketing Magazine)

The Sony Ericsson mobile phones on the market as we speak use scalable fonts developed by these guys.
Here is a list of SE models using scalable fonts: D750, F500, K300, K310, K320, K500, K508, K510, K600, K608, K610, K700, K750, K790, K800, M600, P990, S600, S700, S710, V600, V630, V800, W300, W550, W600, W700, W710, W800, W810, W830, W850, W900, W950, Z500, Z520, Z530, Z550, Z558, Z710, Z800.

I hope the information is useful to K800 users.